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most citedEuler and Chebyshev: From the sphere to the plane and backwards

12 citations

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Physics in Riemann's mathematical papers

Athanase Papadopoulos

Riemann's mathematical papers contain many ideas that arise from physics, and some of them are motivated by problems from physics. In fact, it is not easy to separate Riemann's ide…

math.HO2017

Herbert Busemann (1905--1994). A biography for his Selected Works edition

Athanase Papadopoulos

This is a biography of Herbert Busemann (1905--1994). The final version will appear in Volume I of the Selected Works of Herbert Busemann (2 volumes, Springer Verlag, to appear in…

math.HO2017

Looking backward: From Euler to Riemann

Athanase Papadopoulos

We survey the main ideas in the early history of the subjects on which Riemann worked and that led to some of his most important discoveries. The subjects discussed include the the…

math.HO2017

Mathematics, physics and philosophy in Riemann's work and beyond

Athanase Papadopoulos

This is the introduction I wrote for the multi-authored book "From Riemann to differential geometry and relativity", edited by L. Ji, A. Papadopoulos and S. Yamada (Berlin, Springe…

math.HO2017★ 6 cited

Quasiconformal mappings, from Ptolemy's geography to the work of Teichmüller

Athanase Papadopoulos

The origin of quasiconformal mappings, like that of conformal mappings, can be traced back to old cartography where the basic problem was the search for mappings from the sphere on…